Jacobs said he intended to serve his full term – it expires in September – and then would make a decision to bid again…with Cuomo’s blessing.

“That’s certainly Andrew Cuomo’s call. In September it is, yes,” Jacobs said. “In September, the party leaders decide who’s going to be the state chair, and there is this sense that you defer to the nominee of your party because if he becomes governor—I believe he will become governor—the governor should have the state chair he would like and I fully respect that.”